Major functions

The Center for Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 12-month, tenured, Professor to begin August 2024. The successful candidate will be expected to provide foundational leadership and administrative guidance for the further establishment, growth, and long-term success of the Center. Such efforts will include the recruitment of new faculty as well as participation of current TTU faculty, and liaison with federal, state, and private agencies/entities that sponsor basic and applied research related to arthropod-vectored and zoonotic diseases. Also, the successful candidate will be expected to continue being productive in their individual research and scholarly accomplishments.

The Center for Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases is a newly established One Health Concept-focused, interdisciplinary research center at Texas Tech University that currently includes researchers with well-established highly successful research programs. Participating faculty researchers represent the College of Arts & Sciences, the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, and the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Qualifications

1. A Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in a related field from an accredited institution is required.
2. Evidence of success in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level, supervising to completion both M.S. and Ph.D. students and mentoring post-doctoral researchers.
3. An established and continuous record of peer-reviewed research publications in leading, high impact, discipline-relevant journals.
4. Evidence of research productivity in applied or basic research directly relevant to arthropod vectors, the zoonotic pathogens they may transmit, avian and mammalian reservoir hosts of relevant pathogens, and/or their influence on human/veterinary/environmental health.
5. An established and continuous record of successful grantsmanship to support research from state, federal, and/or private funding.
6. Evidence of administrative leadership in building and/or sustaining multi-disciplinary research initiatives with relevant stakeholders within and/or outside academia
7. Evidence of successful leadership and management of research grants, teams, students, staff and faculty at the level of research teams, centers or institutes.
8. Active membership and engagement in relevant professional service and societies, as well as effective engagement with the public.

The successful applicant will be expected to continue being productive in their individual research and scholarly accomplishments.

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